Moving forward though, I spent a good two hours of my day back in my classroom. You should all be proud that I made it this long! I feel behind in the fact that I still haven't quite determined my "theme" for this year (since we do not have a school-wide one), but last year's SPACE theme went over well! Composer Crater, Inter-Galactic Instruments, a Tech Crew... I'll need some new ideas, so bring them on please! But I digress... Back to the point of the story.
During those two hours at school today, I was able to EMPTY six of the seven wall closets! Yes, I am extremely lucky in the fact that I have some serious storage space along that entire West wall, but last year was so busy, I had NO TIME to go through any of them! And the former teacher of that room had them PACKED. She recently retired, but I can't imagine what my room will look like after teaching for almost 30 years. (Surely, you're getting an idea of what kind of cleaning and organizing I'm working with here people.)
Not to worry. I happened to be pulling out box after box and lining them up in the middle of my classroom to go through, when I got a call from my homegirl, Katie over at Crafy Compositions. Pretty sure she's so awesome that she's going to come to my classroom with me tomorrow to go through each and every one, and then go tub shopping! (To answer the question you're probably thinking... Yes. The tubs all have to match with a label marking what is inside. Duh.)
Before and After pictures will be coming soon, but I can tell you that without her... I just don't know that this project would be possible. It'll take some serious work. You down with OCD? Yeah, you know me!
